Posted September 27th, 2010 at 7:33 am by Dan Musick
Everybody wants sunshine. It warms the ground, makes plants grow for food and beauty, facilitates outdoor activities, gets children playing, and generally cheers the soul. It is majestic, “like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion” (Psalm 19:5).
But a photo eye for a garage door opener actually prefers the shade. That’s where the bathroom tissue core above comes in.
Customers nationwide have paid hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to fix pesky sun-related problems with garage door opener photo eyes. Any sunny location and/or region of the country is susceptible. However, one of our customers has come up with a relatively simple yet largely effective means of fixing the issues with the photo eye on a garage door opener sensor.
Shown below is a basic sensor assembly, then the implementation of the core as a shade for the eye.
This ingenious device is low cost, made from readily available material, and is even green, as it provides a way to recycle what would otherwise be discarded immediately. If you have problems with your photo eyes, give this fix a try!
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